Mount Casey
| Mount Casey | ||
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| height | 2100 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Casey is a 2100 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Mountaineer Range it rises 8 km east-northeast of Mount Monteagle on the northern flank of the Oakley Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after Lieutenant Dennis Casey of the US Navy Reserve Forces, Catholic chaplain of the winter team on the McMurdo Station in 1967.
Web links
- Mount Casey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Casey on geographic.org (English)